Ousmane Sembène’s 1975 film Xala, a searing satire about the post-independence Senegalese elite, has received wide scholarly attention for its critique of crony capitalism masquerading as African socialism. This essay seeks to examine how Xala approaches under-studied question subjectivity under these circumstances, seeking trace film’s key concern with effects such neocolonial conditions upon ...

In this paper, we address points raised by Stephanie Dancer's article in The BMJ in which she claimed that by 'dressing down', physicians fail to adhere to the dignitas of the medical profession, and damage its reputation. At the beginning of this paper, we distinguish between two different senses in which a person can be, as she terms it, 'scruffy'; and then we address Dancer's three main clai...

Background. Since most people are aware of their clothing size (CS), this prospective study explored the potential utility of CS as a proxy for body size and as a predictor of incident obesity-related health conditions in children. Methods. This was a prospective, cross-sectional study of 725 children aged 6-18 yr. We collected clinical, anthropometric, and sartorial data on all study subjects....

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Successful blockade of the saphenous nerve using surface landmarks can be challenging. We evaluated the anatomic basis of performing a saphenous nerve block with ultrasound (US) using its relationship to the saphenous branch of descending genicular artery, sartorius muscle, and the adductor hiatus as defined by cadaveric measurements. METHODS Using a total of 9 cadav...

Abstract Parallel with the emergence of modern national identity and culture, from late 18th to early 20th century an emphasized consciousness underlined attempt create a ‘national’ dress. In court cultures Europe, shift in style representation ‘international’ ‘regional/ethnic’ served aim updating monarch's role. Royals reaffirmed their sense belonging own ‒ or adopted nations through conscious...

Religious personnel have always been unique in their costumes that depict ranks, nature of ceremony and roles a given cultic rite. That the splendid vestments culturally related significant accounts for debates modifications. For Africans, when it comes to fabrication liturgical attires, focus is not necessarily on need change as much extent Africanness Christianity. This paper appraises percep...

This article questions if the propensity of Black men in globally dominant western countries to wear black or dark colours is an outcome internalized subjugation and adherence westernized projections masculinity. It uses 2018 Akinola Davies Junior film Zazzau as its backdrop, drawing parallels with other examples colourful clothing context shows annual festival Durbar, a vibrant celebration at ...

The article reflects on a research project analysing 300 years of the practice ofconstraining feminine torso, aiming at presenting theories supporting investigationto expose how their intersection and articulation could become method for fashionobjects. Stemming from semiotics works concerned with plastic objects, mainlythe proposed by Greimas further developed Floch Oliveira, we present anaddr...